Patents by Inventor Wataru Fukui
Wataru Fukui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240107583Abstract: Terminal device attempts to initiate a COT-u after the channel is sensed to be idle and transmit a configured grant PUSCH. A start of a time domain resource of the configured grant PUSCH is aligned with the start of the FFP-u. In a case that the FFP-u does not overlap with an IP-g of an FFP-g, the COT-u is initiated and the configured grant PUSCH is transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: HUIFA LIN, SHOICHI SUZUKI, DAIICHIRO NAKASHIMA, TOSHIZO NOGAMI, WATARU OUCHI, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, TAKAHISA FUKUI
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Publication number: 20240098777Abstract: Terminal device attempts to transmit a PUSCH scheduled by a DCI format after the channel is sensed to be idle. When the start of the PUSCH is not aligned with an FFP-u, in a case that the channel access mode is configured to as semi-static, the terminal device does not initiate a COT, regardless of indication by a ChannelAccess-CPext field in the DCI format.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: HUIFA LIN, SHOICHI SUZUKI, DAIICHIRO NAKASHIMA, TOSHIZO NOGAMI, WATARU OUCHI, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, Takahisa FUKUI
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Publication number: 20240098736Abstract: A terminal device includes configuration circuitry configured to determine multiple resources for configured repetitions for a PUSCH based on information indicating a starting OFDM symbol index in a slot, a length of a PUSCH in a slot and the number of repetitions, and baseband circuitry configured to generate one or more instances each of which includes one or more resources from the multiple resources, wherein the baseband circuitry is configured to determine the each of the one or more instances such that the each of the one or more instances has no gap in time domain, or the baseband circuitry is configured to determine each of the one or more instances such that the each of the one or more instances has no gap for downlink reception in time domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, TOSHIZO NOGAMI, SHOICHI SUZUKI, DAIICHIRO NAKASHIMA, HUIFA LIN, WATARU OUCHI, Takahisa FUKUI
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Publication number: 20230197427Abstract: An ion analyzer 2 including: a power feeding circuit 26 in which a power supply connection part 261, a first electrode connection part 262, a first resistance element 263, a second electrode connection part 264, a second resistance element 265, and a grounding part are provided in series; a power supply P connected to the power supply connection part 261 and configured to output both a DC positive voltage and a DC negative voltage; a first voltage supply electrode 23 connected to the first electrode connection part 262; and a second voltage supply electrode 24 connected to the second electrode connection part 264. In particular, it can be suitably used as a device for applying a voltage to a push electrode 23 and a convergence electrode 24 disposed in an ionization chamber 20 of a mass spectrometer including an ESI source 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta MIYAZAKI, Shiro MIZUTANI, Wataru FUKUI
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Patent number: 11448624Abstract: An ionization probe connection jig used to connect an outlet-side flow path of a column 113 and an inlet-side flow path of an ionization probe 211 in a liquid chromatograph, the ionization probe connection jig includes: a first element fixture 10 fixed to a first element 113 that is one of the column 113 and the ionization probe 211; a second element fixture 20 fixed to a second element 211 that is the other; and a movement regulating tool 30 that permits the first element fixture 10 to advance in an axial direction of the first element 113 while regulating the first element 113 or the first element fixture 10 and the second element 211 or the second element fixture 20 such that flow paths of the first element 113 and the second element 211 are matched with each other, and regulates the second element fixture 20 such that the second element fixture 20 does not retreat beyond a predetermined position in a axial direction of the second element 211.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 11446694Abstract: In an ESI sprayer including a pipe connecting jig used to connect an inlet-side pipe and an ESI capillary, a through-hole having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the inlet-side pipe at one end and an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the ESI capillary at another end is formed in an axial direction of a conductive cylindrical body in which at least both ends are plastically deformable, and a gap forming protrusion protruding inward from a circumferential wall of the through-hole is provided in the cylindrical body.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 11442048Abstract: An ESI sprayer tube 10 includes: a first tube 11 having an inlet end; a second tube 12 having the inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first tube 11, the second tube 12 being located outside the first tube 11; and a tube fixation portion 14 formed to fill a space between the first tube 11 and the second tube 12, in a side close to the inlet end.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 11275066Abstract: A liquid chromatograph that ionizes a sample eluted from a column 113 using an ionization probe 211 connected to the column 113 and analyzes the sample using an ion analyzer 200, the liquid chromatograph includes: a column oven 114 in which the column 113 is accommodated; and a guide mechanism 1, 1141a that is provided inside the column oven 114, permits the column 113 to move in a predetermined direction following movement of the ionization probe 211, and regulates movement in other directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Publication number: 20210208113Abstract: An ESI sprayer tube 10 includes: a first tube 11 having an inlet end; a second tube 12 having the inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first tube 11, the second tube 12 being located outside the first tube 11; and a tube fixation portion 14 formed to fill a space between the first tube 11 and the second tube 12, in a side close to the inlet end.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru FUKUI
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Publication number: 20210190737Abstract: A liquid chromatograph that ionizes a sample eluted from a column 113 using an ionization probe 211 connected to the column 113 and analyzes the sample using an ion analyzer 200, the liquid chromatograph includes: a column oven 114 in which the column 113 is accommodated; and a guide mechanism 1, 1141a that is provided inside the column oven 114, permits the column 113 to move in a predetermined direction following movement of the ionization probe 211, and regulates movement in other directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru FUKUI
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Publication number: 20210146395Abstract: In an ESI sprayer including a pipe connecting jig used to connect an inlet-side pipe and an ESI capillary, a through-hole having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the inlet-side pipe at one end and an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the ESI capillary at another end is formed in an axial direction of a conductive cylindrical body in which at least both ends are plastically deformable, and a gap forming protrusion protruding inward from a circumferential wall of the through-hole is provided in the cylindrical body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Wataru FUKUI
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Patent number: 10991565Abstract: Provided is an ion analyzer characterized by: an ionization chamber (10) to be maintained at atmospheric pressure; an analysis chamber (11) for analyzing an ion generated in the ionization chamber (10); a vacuum pump (15, 16) for evacuating the inside of the analysis chamber (11); a capillary (102) for allowing the ionization chamber (10) and the analysis chamber (11) to communicate with each other; a conductance changer (103, 104) for changing the conductance of the capillary (102); and a controller (20) for operating the conductance changer (103, 104) in such a manner as to decrease the conductance of the capillary (102) when the degree of vacuum in the analysis chamber (11) is lower than a predetermined degree of vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 10983098Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes a column 13, a liquid sending unit 11 configured to send a mobile phase to the column 13 at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, a first pipe 201a having one end connected to an outlet of the column 13, and a second pipe 201b having one end connected to an end face at the other end of the first pipe 201a with a connection gap sandwiched between the one end of the second pipe and end face, the second pipe 201b having the other end disposed in an ionization chamber 20 having a pressure less than or equal to atmospheric pressure. The liquid chromatograph charges a component of a sample contained in a liquid flowing out from the column 13 by applying voltage to the connection gap, and inner diameters and lengths of the first pipe 201a and the second pipe 201b are determined such that the liquid flowing out from the column 13 passes through the connection gap while maintaining pressure greater than or equal to a saturated vapor pressure of the mobile phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 10978287Abstract: An ESI sprayer 211 configured to be used by being attached to a first hole 51 made in a housing 50 of an ionizer and a second hole 52 made at an end of the first hole 51, and the second hole 52 having an inner diameter smaller than that of the first hole 51, the second hole 52 having an end communicating with an ionization chamber 210, the ESI sprayer 211 includes: a first pipe 11 having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first hole 51; a second pipe 12 having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the second hole 52; a pipe connecting jig 14 made of a conductive material and connecting end faces of the first pipe 11 and the second pipe 12 separated from each other; and a pipe protecting member 16 configured to be an extendable tubular body made of a conductive material and having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first hole 51 and larger than the inner diameter of the second hole 52, the pipe protecting member 16 having one end fixed to the pipe connecType: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 10964521Abstract: The mass spectrometer includes an ionization unit, an ion transport unit, and a mass separation unit that separates transported ions according to a mass-to-charge ratio. The ion transport unit includes a transport electrode member, a voltage generator that applies a voltage to the transport electrode member, and a voltage controller that changes a voltage applied to the transport electrode member while ionization is performed. The voltage controller switches between a first voltage state in which charged particles generated in the ionization unit can enter the mass separation unit, and a second voltage state in which the charged particles cannot enter the mass separation unit, and switches a voltage state of the transport electrode member between the first voltage state and the second voltage state.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Fukui
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Patent number: 10763095Abstract: In the mass spectrometer system, a tip portion of a cylindrical portion (891) of a capillary (89) is coated with a coating material (892), the tip portion being an injection part for injecting a sample solution to an ionization section. Therefore, it is possible to suppress, by the coating material (892), the deformation of the capillary (89) when the sample solution is injected. In addition, it is possible to suppress the corrosion and the deformation of the capillary (89) by the coating material (892). As a result, the stability of the analysis operation in mass spectrometer system (1) can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Ueda, Wataru Fukui
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Publication number: 20200234940Abstract: An ESI sprayer 211 configured to be used by being attached to a first hole 51 made in a housing 50 of an ionizer and a second hole 52 made at an end of the first hole 51, and the second hole 52 having an inner diameter smaller than that of the first hole 51, the second hole 52 having an end communicating with an ionization chamber 210, the ESI sprayer 211 includes: a first pipe 11 having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first hole 51; a second pipe 12 having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the second hole 52; a pipe connecting jig 14 made of a conductive material and connecting end faces of the first pipe 11 and the second pipe 12 separated from each other; and a pipe protecting member 16 configured to be an extendable tubular body made of a conductive material and having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first hole 51 and larger than the inner diameter of the second hole 52, the pipe protecting member 16 having one end fixed to the pipe connecType: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru FUKUI
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Publication number: 20200161120Abstract: The mass spectrometer includes an ionization unit, an ion transport unit, and a mass separation unit that separates transported ions according to a mass-to-charge ratio. The ion transport unit includes a transport electrode member, a voltage generator that applies a voltage to the transport electrode member, and a voltage controller that changes a voltage applied to the transport electrode member while ionization is performed. The voltage controller switches between a first voltage state in which charged particles generated in the ionization unit can enter the mass separation unit, and a second voltage state in which the charged particles cannot enter the mass separation unit, and switches a voltage state of the transport electrode member between the first voltage state and the second voltage state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru FUKUI
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Publication number: 20200158703Abstract: An ionization probe connection jig used to connect an outlet-side flow path of a column 113 and an inlet-side flow path of an ionization probe 211 in a liquid chromatograph, the ionization probe connection jig includes: a first element fixture 10 fixed to a first element 113 that is one of the column 113 and the ionization probe 211; a second element fixture 20 fixed to a second element 211 that is the other; and a movement regulating tool 30 that permits the first element fixture 10 to advance in an axial direction of the first element 113 while regulating the first element 113 or the first element fixture 10 and the second element 211 or the second element fixture 20 such that flow paths of the first element 113 and the second element 211 are matched with each other, and regulates the second element fixture 20 such that the second element fixture 20 does not retreat beyond a predetermined position in a axial direction of the second element 211.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru FUKUI
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Publication number: 20200132642Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes a column 13, a liquid sending unit 11 configured to send a mobile phase to the column 13 at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, a first pipe 201a having one end connected to an outlet of the column 13, and a second pipe 201b having one end connected to an end face at the other end of the first pipe 201a with a connection gap sandwiched between the one end of the second pipe and end face, the second pipe 201b having the other end disposed in an ionization chamber 20 having a pressure less than or equal to atmospheric pressure. The liquid chromatograph charges a component of a sample contained in a liquid flowing out from the column 13 by applying voltage to the connection gap, and inner diameters and lengths of the first pipe 201a and the second pipe 201b are determined such that the liquid flowing out from the column 13 passes through the connection gap while maintaining pressure greater than or equal to a saturated vapor pressure of the mobile phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru FUKUI